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appreciate of thousands that can say okay, we had a horrible thing that happened to us, but we will tax that experience and try to work towards the greater food. for family members that come back today and talk about the work that so this many of these members are doing today, to try to pay tribute to those family members. >> david live in new york, thank you very much at the world trade center site. we are going to show you now the images that are coming in live from washington, d.c. the white house, where in exactly seven minute as little under seven minutes from now, the president and the first lady and the rest of the nation will observe the first moment of silence. the events there beginning 6:46 as a flag was unfurled at the pentagon that was struck by an american airlines flight that slammed into the pentagon killing dozens there. the fourth plane, the one that sometimes is forgotten and that is a point of contention among the people in pennsylvania, is where our john terrorist rett is standing by. they have a special me moist now, brings us on the situation then and now. i think
appreciate of thousands that can say okay, we had a horrible thing that happened to us, but we will tax that experience and try to work towards the greater food. for family members that come back today and talk about the work that so this many of these members are doing today, to try to pay tribute to those family members. >> david live in new york, thank you very much at the world trade center site. we are going to show you now the images that are coming in live from washington, d.c. the...
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the senate plan would, get this, raise the taxes on gasoline rather than eliminate it. and the bill now heads to the house. it likely will then go to a conference committee where both chambers will try to hammer out a bill that they can agree on. let's just hope that happens. >> thank you, monika. >>> here's a look at this morning's health headlines. a woman's blood may hold clues as to whether she's at increased risk for memory problems after menopause. researchers found some women have platelets in their blood which are more likely to cause clots. it may lead to areas of brain damage after menopause which causes memory loss. >>> more women are using the morning after pill or emergency contraceptives. these are pills used to stop unwanted pregnancies. a study for the centers for disease control found that from about 2006 to 2010, roughly 11% of sexually active women had used the emergency pills. that's nearly triple the number from earlier in the decade. women in their early 20s were the most likely to use these pills. >>> long, low intensity workouts may be better for
the senate plan would, get this, raise the taxes on gasoline rather than eliminate it. and the bill now heads to the house. it likely will then go to a conference committee where both chambers will try to hammer out a bill that they can agree on. let's just hope that happens. >> thank you, monika. >>> here's a look at this morning's health headlines. a woman's blood may hold clues as to whether she's at increased risk for memory problems after menopause. researchers found some...
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the premium tax was in exchange for the business supposedly they would get. the device tax, people buy more devices, but dig into that, you find out that many of the small device manufacturers are not going to see the business change at all because of the affordable care act. same true for insurers, and, in this case, it is very unlikely that you will find the high cost patients who were excluded from the insurance pool in an employerponsored product, and the fee's not going to match that at all. >> all right. i have to get you to an economic question. among your many talents, you're an economist. today, we got a big disappointment witthe cnsumer confidence number that surprised people, not expecting it. we expected a better result. it drove the stock market down. what's going on here? >> i'm concerned about that. if you remember back in the fourth quarter of 2012, consumer confidence was high, business confidce low. that diversion can't persist, and the hope was it would come up, match, and have a sustained rally. it is troubling. consumer confidence ell wit
the premium tax was in exchange for the business supposedly they would get. the device tax, people buy more devices, but dig into that, you find out that many of the small device manufacturers are not going to see the business change at all because of the affordable care act. same true for insurers, and, in this case, it is very unlikely that you will find the high cost patients who were excluded from the insurance pool in an employerponsored product, and the fee's not going to match that at...
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if they're not banning something or legislating about it they're taxing it and so you know we have to be worried that if you're not being put in jail for it you're being required to pay a fee in the form of a tax. carioca holland america yeah there's very little of that where you are allowed to do in this country that is not either illegal or tax a boat on wednesday to allow gays to openly serve as scouts and leaders of the later pressure from religious groups and in principle mormons peers and anti-gay board voices within the scouts here's what president obama said about the boy scouts. my attitude is that gays and lesbians should have access and and opportunity the same way everybody else does in every institution and walk of life and. you know that the scouts are a great institution that are promoting young people and exposing them to. news and and leadership that you know will serve people for the rest of their lives and i think that nobody should be barred for that so stuart shouldn't the boy scouts come into the twenty first century i mean originally the scouts were created as a
if they're not banning something or legislating about it they're taxing it and so you know we have to be worried that if you're not being put in jail for it you're being required to pay a fee in the form of a tax. carioca holland america yeah there's very little of that where you are allowed to do in this country that is not either illegal or tax a boat on wednesday to allow gays to openly serve as scouts and leaders of the later pressure from religious groups and in principle mormons peers and...
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in germany when you pay your taxes a big part of those taxes goes to religious organizations, which means that the catholic and protestant churches and a few synagogues here in germany are very well financed, the catholic church gettings $7 billion a year from the government, not parishioners which makes it the second largest employer after the german government. >> could this scandal lead to criminal charges? >> there is no discussion of that yet at this point. i don't think that the german authorities are keen on judging something that th the church is judging itself. it has its own judiciary. it has its own canon law and they like to do these things on their own if they can. however, this bishop of bling, as he has been nicknamed does have another problem which does involve the law, and that involves a story of whether or not he took first-class tickets to go to india to visit the slums there. he signed an affidavit saying he didn't. the prosecutor maintains that those affidavits are wrong. that he did buy first-class tickets. now that could go before the court, and that could have leg
in germany when you pay your taxes a big part of those taxes goes to religious organizations, which means that the catholic and protestant churches and a few synagogues here in germany are very well financed, the catholic church gettings $7 billion a year from the government, not parishioners which makes it the second largest employer after the german government. >> could this scandal lead to criminal charges? >> there is no discussion of that yet at this point. i don't think that...
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texas does not hate a corporate and income tax -- does not have a corporate and income tax. pennsylvania does. these industries have been paying the natural gas industry since 2009, i think. this would have been additional tax. if you look at texas, the suspended their severance tax. create anve done is impact fee so 67% -- 63%, excuse me -- a fee on the drilling over a 10 year period goes back to the communities. it goes right back to the communities. it does not become part of the general fund budget. i think that is extremely important. it does not necessarily go back to where we need it in the community. it goes to other projects. we have to address that. those numbers are not final. it went down because the price of natural gas and on. we are seeing drilling starting to go back up. it is headingr, where we were last her. >> we have seen frakking really help communities with impact fee to the specifics you were alluding to. give us the bigger picture of the shell grant and how that will help. >> at a micro level, some of the smaller towns in bradford county, pennsylvania
texas does not hate a corporate and income tax -- does not have a corporate and income tax. pennsylvania does. these industries have been paying the natural gas industry since 2009, i think. this would have been additional tax. if you look at texas, the suspended their severance tax. create anve done is impact fee so 67% -- 63%, excuse me -- a fee on the drilling over a 10 year period goes back to the communities. it goes right back to the communities. it does not become part of the general...
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and they both pay the tax and both get to go in the hov lane or neither pay the tax. melissa: i mean, to me i'm not sure that's the core issue. when i'm caught between whose side am i on, you know, the tree huggers versus the tax collector, it's tough, i mean, i've got to tell you. but the tax collector coming back in for that last pound of flesh, you know, i just need one more drop of blood from your veins. i mean, it kind of -- do they not think that there's going to be blowback if you have a punishment for having a car that doesn't use as much gas? that's -- i -- no? >> yeah. but, you know, like i said, they'rnot making it --hey're making a distinction between good gas mileage hybrids and gasoline and diesel cars. if they each get the same amount of mileage, each one is either underpaying, if you want to look at it that way, but they're being treated differently. you know, i don't know. are we going to go to a system where you pay more the better gas mileage you getin or maybe we can all have the ez pass and we just pay per mile that we drive. melissa: i mean, we c
and they both pay the tax and both get to go in the hov lane or neither pay the tax. melissa: i mean, to me i'm not sure that's the core issue. when i'm caught between whose side am i on, you know, the tree huggers versus the tax collector, it's tough, i mean, i've got to tell you. but the tax collector coming back in for that last pound of flesh, you know, i just need one more drop of blood from your veins. i mean, it kind of -- do they not think that there's going to be blowback if you have a...
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we need innovation, and so i'd say if we had a carbon tax, that would be a price signal for innovation. and if we would increase our basic research budget and get other countries. in fact, i'm stunned that that hasn't happened because we've spent so much on sort of subsidizing some appointment we should prioritize the research much higher than we have. >> we need big things to grab the public's intention. hurricane sandy, all of a send oh my goodness the climate change is here. i don't know in it is or isn't and hurricane sandy isn't enough to prove it. the ocean is warmer, we have strange patterns in this country. 50% of the country is in draw the. there are snowstorms where there weren't before. there is more talk today than ever before of climate change being well a lot of the people said well that's a democratic plot or whatever, a commie plot. all of a sudd wl mbe there's some substances to it. they certainly aren't out there decrying it and poo-pooing it that way we were. >> rose: what do you think will happen with gun control. >> there are three things they can do. closing the l
we need innovation, and so i'd say if we had a carbon tax, that would be a price signal for innovation. and if we would increase our basic research budget and get other countries. in fact, i'm stunned that that hasn't happened because we've spent so much on sort of subsidizing some appointment we should prioritize the research much higher than we have. >> we need big things to grab the public's intention. hurricane sandy, all of a send oh my goodness the climate change is here. i don't...
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payroll tax cut is gone! expect to see that hit your paycheck starting this month. >> tax relief has been achieved. now is the time for the president to work with congress to address government overspending. >> reporter: and the debt ceiling, before leaving for hawaii early this morning president obama urmged congress to raise it. >> we can't not pay bills that we already incurred. if congress refuses to give the united states government the ability to pay these bills on time, the consequences for the entire global economy would be catastroph catastrophic. >> reporter: no word when the president will sign the bill so in the end it was one day late but just in time for nervous veshz as markets re-opened this morning. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >> investors appear to be reacting positively to the deal. the dow is up 2%. nasdaq up 2.5%. markets in asia and europe were also up today. >>> your taxes are still about to go up. a 2% payroll tax cut just expired. that means you'll be paying about $1,000 a yea
payroll tax cut is gone! expect to see that hit your paycheck starting this month. >> tax relief has been achieved. now is the time for the president to work with congress to address government overspending. >> reporter: and the debt ceiling, before leaving for hawaii early this morning president obama urmged congress to raise it. >> we can't not pay bills that we already incurred. if congress refuses to give the united states government the ability to pay these bills on time,...
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they paid their taxes based on the law at the time. but the state appeals court ruled the tax break provision requiring companies maintain 80 percent of the work force in california was unconstitutional. the state franchise tax board responded by suspending the break and ordering any one who claimed it in the last five years owe up he owes more than 6 figures now and it could cause significant financial hardship for people who should be working on their businesses instead of spending time fighting this. law americas from both sides of the aisle agree and want to force them to skrab the tax bill. it is also reviewing the situation to determine how best to help these business owners given the court's decision. >>> thank you, diane. it is quarter to the top of the hour. still ahead, spring starts today and with that comes allergy season and just because you didn't have allergies as a child doesn't mean you can't suffer now. doctor seigel is in next. >>> a school bus driver behind the wheel of an empty bus gets a surprise call from her son
they paid their taxes based on the law at the time. but the state appeals court ruled the tax break provision requiring companies maintain 80 percent of the work force in california was unconstitutional. the state franchise tax board responded by suspending the break and ordering any one who claimed it in the last five years owe up he owes more than 6 figures now and it could cause significant financial hardship for people who should be working on their businesses instead of spending time...
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i think we need to reform or tax system and eliminate tax loopholes and exemptions, create on incentive so business will thrive again in this country. this president today talked about wanting to become part of the middle class. i was born and raid at the lower end of the middle class. i never aspired for middle class but what i believe if government would get out of the way i would have chance to good beyond middle class, and we need too set our sights so much higher. our president has done a lot to bring government into our lives. i think we need to bring inknow vacation, entrepreneurship, light the pilot light of our creative imagination that has been part of the american exceptionalism. this president missed the mark but not accentuating the american exceptionalism. i think it was moderate speech. i think we have long way to go and bringing us together is the most important thing this president can do and not dividing us. >> one of your fellow floridians was in the audience. >> i take the right to vote so very sincerely, and we have seen -- especially in florida in 2000 when he had
i think we need to reform or tax system and eliminate tax loopholes and exemptions, create on incentive so business will thrive again in this country. this president today talked about wanting to become part of the middle class. i was born and raid at the lower end of the middle class. i never aspired for middle class but what i believe if government would get out of the way i would have chance to good beyond middle class, and we need too set our sights so much higher. our president has done a...
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with a. 08% increase in the sales and use tax that will not tax gasoline. we will be the first day in the nation to eliminate the gas tax, which is projected to be in a long-term stay a decline. over the next five years, this common sense change will provide over $600 million more from organic, economic growth, not from tax increases. we will maintain the tax on diesel fuel because 68% of that fuel is consumed by out-of-state truckers. trucks comprise four 0.2% of the road miles traveled the cost of to 80% of our maintenance needs. these policies taken together will generate $500 million for year by fy 2018. every new dollar you invest and maintenance equates to an additional dollar freed up for construction. the total impact will lead to $1.80 billion in new construction spending over the next five years. demand for new and improved transit and intercity passenger rail also continues to grow here in virginia. as new services come online, and the federal mandates of passenger rail investment are committed, we must provide additional revenue. the plan i prop
with a. 08% increase in the sales and use tax that will not tax gasoline. we will be the first day in the nation to eliminate the gas tax, which is projected to be in a long-term stay a decline. over the next five years, this common sense change will provide over $600 million more from organic, economic growth, not from tax increases. we will maintain the tax on diesel fuel because 68% of that fuel is consumed by out-of-state truckers. trucks comprise four 0.2% of the road miles traveled the...
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lets talk about tax reform, all of this. it's all negotiable once we get past the debt ceiling and from the government on a temporary basis. >> not only that, you've got the new give you heard from the white house and sulgs hints they gave yesterday. i suspect they would expect short-term debt ceiling, not asking for a year, six months, just anything that's clean. boehner could do the six or eight-week thing and then force the larger negotiation and see if that can happen. if you're a cynic you assume it won't, six or eight weeks we're in the place we are today but it does buy time and sort of gives boehner what he wants, forcing the president into conversations, give the president what he wants, clean passage opening the government and temporary raise of the debt ceiling and we move on from there. maybe it's too logical of a solution. i don't get it. seems like you see it out there. the compromise is there. i think the real issue is what you brought up on sbilgsment reform, those are things john boehner would love to negoti
lets talk about tax reform, all of this. it's all negotiable once we get past the debt ceiling and from the government on a temporary basis. >> not only that, you've got the new give you heard from the white house and sulgs hints they gave yesterday. i suspect they would expect short-term debt ceiling, not asking for a year, six months, just anything that's clean. boehner could do the six or eight-week thing and then force the larger negotiation and see if that can happen. if you're a...
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we were trying to pass middle class tax cuts and make those permanent. all we are asking is that congress pass a six-week funding bill to keep the government open. so, we're not really sure what there is to negotiate around. and so, that is -- i don't expect our strategy's not going to change, our message is not going to change. it's clear what congress these to do. you see more and more republicans on the house side coming out, admitting that there is support, enough support in the house that they could pass a clean funding bill, if they would put that on the floor, and so, that's what we'll continue to push for them to do. and in the meanwhile, we're getting ready tomorrow health care tomorrow, too. >> right. in the meantime, there is also a massive national health reform bill that's going to be implemented tomorrow. >> yes. >> it seems like what we are all watching is the house republican caucus. they are the ones who have to make the decision about what to do here. >> right. >> does the white house have any leverage whatsoever with any republicans in
we were trying to pass middle class tax cuts and make those permanent. all we are asking is that congress pass a six-week funding bill to keep the government open. so, we're not really sure what there is to negotiate around. and so, that is -- i don't expect our strategy's not going to change, our message is not going to change. it's clear what congress these to do. you see more and more republicans on the house side coming out, admitting that there is support, enough support in the house that...
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corporations favor tax reform, tax reform like the r&b tax credit which is only given -- >> lower taxes to compete -- >> the president has put forward tax reform where it is 28% for corporations and 25% for manufacturers. getting rid of loopholes and expenditures that give rewards for companies -- >> we are talking about the small business owners. they are scared to death. has any budget the president put forth had a vote of confidence? >> we are all excited about getting back to regular order. >> has he ever had a budget that anybody supported? >> people support his budget, yes. >> you started talking about your private sector experience here if you believe summit in this budget coming this accounting, will you use this accounting when you go onto the private sector and and will you borrow more in your new business than you take in? >> i will go to the bottom line and the bottom line in this budget is that we have deficits on a declining path. at the same time, we make important -- >> but i am talking about your future career. will you go to a banker and say i am losing money but i nee
corporations favor tax reform, tax reform like the r&b tax credit which is only given -- >> lower taxes to compete -- >> the president has put forward tax reform where it is 28% for corporations and 25% for manufacturers. getting rid of loopholes and expenditures that give rewards for companies -- >> we are talking about the small business owners. they are scared to death. has any budget the president put forth had a vote of confidence? >> we are all excited about...
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those people paying taxes and those taxes go to pay down our debt. we can think of creative idea that's are about cutting our budget responsibly but also creating opportunities since incentivized growth. those are things i supported. i continue to support. as well, what we haven't taken a look at, there have been reductions in our deficit actually over the last four years that this is a really tough economy as well. i want to balanced approach. democrats proposed a balanced approach. i think that we can get there in the way you get there, you get democrats and republicans around the table to negotiate these things out and to move forward. people talk about the contribution of entitlement programs, i heard your prior guest talking about that to our debt and our deficits. i would say, for example, like on social security, why not list the cap on social security. why is it member of congress making $470,000 a year, i don't pay social security tax on all my income. why is it somebody who's a multimillionaire and billionaire doesn't pay social on 100% or
those people paying taxes and those taxes go to pay down our debt. we can think of creative idea that's are about cutting our budget responsibly but also creating opportunities since incentivized growth. those are things i supported. i continue to support. as well, what we haven't taken a look at, there have been reductions in our deficit actually over the last four years that this is a really tough economy as well. i want to balanced approach. democrats proposed a balanced approach. i think...
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you can interpret the proposed tax increased tax revenue as that call for sacrifice. you know, if people get on board with that, then i think, yeah, the republicans would suffer. >> let's talk a little bit, josh, there is nothing more kind of awkward than quoting someone to their own face, but i do it a lot on this show, and you have a really interesting -- is it a full story, or is it a post? i just -- >> it's sort of a web story. >> it's a liger. >> yeah. >> it's why democrats should fear sequester cuts. in the great intel available at bloomberg gov or bgov, you say that you basically make the point that democrat are going to be the ones that feel the pain for these defense cuts. a new study from bloomberg gov showed that democratic congressional districts will be hit harder by the military cuts than republican ones and that eight of the top ten districts that will experience the deepest cuts are represented by democrats. among the top districts military spending in those represented by democrats averaged $893 million this year versus $573 million in those represent
you can interpret the proposed tax increased tax revenue as that call for sacrifice. you know, if people get on board with that, then i think, yeah, the republicans would suffer. >> let's talk a little bit, josh, there is nothing more kind of awkward than quoting someone to their own face, but i do it a lot on this show, and you have a really interesting -- is it a full story, or is it a post? i just -- >> it's sort of a web story. >> it's a liger. >> yeah. >> it's...
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was a case of unpaid taxes that he also couldn't do his job in that case. >> reporter: in richmond, peggy fox, wusa9. >> the judge did allow attorney general cuccinelli to withdraw from the schneider case and appoint underwood to the case. he sees no reason to dismiss the case. the judge will decide on the motion by the end of the week. >>> a judge in massachusetts has ruled that the public should know exactly what investigators seized from the home of former new england patriots tight end aaron hernandez. the 23-year-old has been charged with premeditated murder in the death of 27-year- old odin lloyd. the judge ordered the documents to be made available this afternoon. the documents include search warrants, police affidavits explaining what they were looking for and what was taken away as possible evidence. at hernandez' arraignment last month, prosecutors say they had examined his cell phones and 14 camera home surveillance systems. hernandez has pleaded not guilty. also on monday ernest wallace, one of two men police say was in the car with hernandez the night lloyd was called was in
was a case of unpaid taxes that he also couldn't do his job in that case. >> reporter: in richmond, peggy fox, wusa9. >> the judge did allow attorney general cuccinelli to withdraw from the schneider case and appoint underwood to the case. he sees no reason to dismiss the case. the judge will decide on the motion by the end of the week. >>> a judge in massachusetts has ruled that the public should know exactly what investigators seized from the home of former new england...
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i like to focus on taxes and spending. if you have high debt because you broaden the base but if you have high debt because you are paying people not to work, you have slower growth. when you look at this debt. i want to make sure that neither krugman nor ferguson are trying to talk me or american people to raise taxes to pay that debt down. i have never heard of an economy tax order prosperity. i wish they talk about taxes and spending rather than debt. they go after this debt issue. it matters how you get your debt >> lou: i would rather they spur creation of jobs and be done with it. >> me too. >> lou: it's so dreary. >> it is it doesn't count the government programs. it's like getting into marshmallow pasted. you can't move. >> lou: let's get everybody on the gravy train. art, that can for being with us. >> tonight we're going to talk about dramatic theft very w voter trends. without that shift history might have been rewritten last year. alec, for this mission i upgraded your smart phone. ♪ right. but the most impor
i like to focus on taxes and spending. if you have high debt because you broaden the base but if you have high debt because you are paying people not to work, you have slower growth. when you look at this debt. i want to make sure that neither krugman nor ferguson are trying to talk me or american people to raise taxes to pay that debt down. i have never heard of an economy tax order prosperity. i wish they talk about taxes and spending rather than debt. they go after this debt issue. it...
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why would we need to do anything about taxes to pay for that? tax cuts are free! down is up, night is day, the jets are going to the super bowl. it's nonsense. but they have believed and argued that nonsense now for years. for all of the mess in washington right now and all of the specifically republican mess in washington right now, i am here to tell you that republicans have apparently given up on that particular part of their nonsensical mess. >> president bush's tax cuts were not paid for. they were anticipated to be grown out of. these are not anticipated to be grown out of. cbo has already said 3.967. in other words, $4 trillion will be added to the debt over ten years with this tax cut unless we do some spending cuts to help offset it. >> hey, that's who congressional republicans put out to talk about the whole tax cut deal that just passed. and his argument is the bush tax cuts were not paid for. and boy were those bush tax cuts expensive. and we need to come up with something to offset the horrible effect of the bush tax cuts on the budget. right, right,
why would we need to do anything about taxes to pay for that? tax cuts are free! down is up, night is day, the jets are going to the super bowl. it's nonsense. but they have believed and argued that nonsense now for years. for all of the mess in washington right now and all of the specifically republican mess in washington right now, i am here to tell you that republicans have apparently given up on that particular part of their nonsensical mess. >> president bush's tax cuts were not paid...
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not only are sales taxes down but so are property taxes as property values have come down as well. as a result, state and local governments have cut work forces, have cut spending, have cut capital prompts, some have been able to, you know, steady the ship, others are still under a lot of stress. obviously, in the short term trying to promote job creation as the fed is trying to do and as i'm canning the congress to think about in their decisions is going to help a lot of these areas by creating more economic activity and more tax revenues. there are, obviously, some parking lots of the country where there are longer-term, more structural problems that are not just business cycle problems. and some of those may be in your state. um, there, you know, i don't really have a solution. the federal government has not in the past involved itself that much with those distressed municipalities. >> i guess if i can just quickly follow up on that. the federal government hasn't involved itself in a lot of things until the necessity appeared. i'm concerned about the state governments may not ha
not only are sales taxes down but so are property taxes as property values have come down as well. as a result, state and local governments have cut work forces, have cut spending, have cut capital prompts, some have been able to, you know, steady the ship, others are still under a lot of stress. obviously, in the short term trying to promote job creation as the fed is trying to do and as i'm canning the congress to think about in their decisions is going to help a lot of these areas by...
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so it's another tax. i just think we have to be very careful because it affects consumers so broadly, and there are unintended consequences. at the same time these advanced technology vehicles, as tom brought up, hybrids are going to have to compete with better and better conventional vehicles, and batter in electric cars, will have to compete with better and better hybrids. it becomes very difficult. it's helpful when the our market signals saying this is what society values. society values reducing carbon, therefore, therefore the there's a path, therefore there is an incentive or something like that. but very difficult to actually implement in a way that has become fair and balanced. >> i know that auto countries have been working to show that there's a very direct correlation between high gasoline prices and the selling of more fuel-efficient cars, hybrids, electric cars. and that's political "inconvenient truth" in the high gasoline prices help within gasoline prices help of in the direction of the m
so it's another tax. i just think we have to be very careful because it affects consumers so broadly, and there are unintended consequences. at the same time these advanced technology vehicles, as tom brought up, hybrids are going to have to compete with better and better conventional vehicles, and batter in electric cars, will have to compete with better and better hybrids. it becomes very difficult. it's helpful when the our market signals saying this is what society values. society values...
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a double whammy of higher mortgage rates and higher taxes. just what britain's hard-working families don't need. >> does the prime minister think it is fair that a woman will now have to pay 1200 pounds to take a maternity discrimination case? >> it is important people have access to employment tribunals. the one thing we have done is make sure that people don't earn those rights until they have worked for a business for two years. i think that is the right approach. chancellor'sthe economic policies, unemployment fell by 10% last month. it is now at its lowest level since september 2008. many of those jobs were created in small businesses who now have the confidence to invest. will the prime minister commit to supporting those small businesses to help grow the economy? >> efrin is quite right. fell but my honorable friend doesn't just talk about helping people back into jobs. he set of a jobs club in his constituency. that is the sort of social action on the side of the house we believe in. not just talking about it but helping. involvement
a double whammy of higher mortgage rates and higher taxes. just what britain's hard-working families don't need. >> does the prime minister think it is fair that a woman will now have to pay 1200 pounds to take a maternity discrimination case? >> it is important people have access to employment tribunals. the one thing we have done is make sure that people don't earn those rights until they have worked for a business for two years. i think that is the right approach. chancellor'sthe...
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uh, no, we have to raise taxes if we're going to fix these bridges. we don't want to do that. so here's a look at what millions of americans will be driving over this holiday weekend. this will make you feel warm and fuzzy. 25% of bridges in america are functionally obsolete. just like the one that fell down in washington state. here's a number for you. 30%, 30% of the bridges that we have in this country have outlived their so-called design life. now, i'm a pilot. there is a thing in aviation called structural defects and you can only put so many hours on an airframe -- i mean, ask yourself the question, if you're a little spooky about flying on airplanes, would you like to know that delta airlines or some of the other major carriers might have an airplane that has so many thousands of structural hours on it. would you feel good about getting on that plane? probably not. well, then, why in the hell would you feel good about crossing bridgies that are lousy. 11% of the bridges are structurally deficient in this country. and an engineer on the scene at the washington state brid
uh, no, we have to raise taxes if we're going to fix these bridges. we don't want to do that. so here's a look at what millions of americans will be driving over this holiday weekend. this will make you feel warm and fuzzy. 25% of bridges in america are functionally obsolete. just like the one that fell down in washington state. here's a number for you. 30%, 30% of the bridges that we have in this country have outlived their so-called design life. now, i'm a pilot. there is a thing in aviation...
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they are filing an income tax return. they are utilizing somebody else's identity, in this case easily accessible, the death master file, creating a false return and getting a tax refund. now, mr. president, you may find this hard to believe, but this actually happened in tampa, florida. street crime, you know, hijackings, stickups, burglaries, dope dealing, it actually dropped because the criminals found a new way of being able to steal people's money. and they did it with a latop instead of with a crowbar or a gun. and street crime actually reduced because the criminals found a new way. now they would steal people's identities in many different ways. they'd go to senior citizens' mailboxes and th*e'd get their -- and they'd get their i.d.. they would get their social security numbers. they would go through hospital records. they'd get social security numbers. they would do it a number of ways. but one of the easiest ways was this death master file. now, i want to tell you about the story of alexis agan, the daughter of
they are filing an income tax return. they are utilizing somebody else's identity, in this case easily accessible, the death master file, creating a false return and getting a tax refund. now, mr. president, you may find this hard to believe, but this actually happened in tampa, florida. street crime, you know, hijackings, stickups, burglaries, dope dealing, it actually dropped because the criminals found a new way of being able to steal people's money. and they did it with a latop instead of...
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should they be taxed more? caller: growing up in detroit, corporations were taxed at 90%. to take this a step further, we can break this down into the ropes states. the state of texas is where the last five wars have been started. that's where oil companies are and where illegal labor is. in new york state, that's where wall street is. in connecticut, that's where the insurance companies are. i can break down this last 15 years. prior to bush getting in office, we had a balanced budget. but the state of texas with their oil and wars and nafta and their illegal immigration and than wall street with their hedge funds and derivatives and then you have jews that run the media. host: we will leave it there. on twitter -- a little bit about the mechanics, this is the washington post -- so that's about the mechanics for workers here in washington. you may be directly affected. you may live in a state that's directly affected. we're getting your input on sequestration, the deadline that takes place today sometime once it is signed into effect. in missouri, robert is on the republi
should they be taxed more? caller: growing up in detroit, corporations were taxed at 90%. to take this a step further, we can break this down into the ropes states. the state of texas is where the last five wars have been started. that's where oil companies are and where illegal labor is. in new york state, that's where wall street is. in connecticut, that's where the insurance companies are. i can break down this last 15 years. prior to bush getting in office, we had a balanced budget. but the...
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a deal on social security, deals with democrats on taxes. but today's republicans, these folks in the house, the people you just talked about, they're regaenites in the real party. they're not guilty going to give an inch. i think we're going to see self inflicted crisis after self-inflicts crisis. it's good for the democrats, but bad for america. >> very bad for america. you look at a web site called days without a gop rape mentioned dot com. that's the name of it. it's inspired by steven kobert. they had to reset their clock to zero after this new legitimate rape comment i mean, why are republicans still talking about rape, cynthia. >> you know, rev, a few months ago, i told my mother who still lives in alabama in a tiny little town that i grew up in. i said mother, you know what? alabama no longer has the craziest members of congress. georgia has that distinction now. so phil gets up there when the gop was hoping we finally got all of that madness about rape behind us. what disease he do for no good reason but resurrect it? and the reason
a deal on social security, deals with democrats on taxes. but today's republicans, these folks in the house, the people you just talked about, they're regaenites in the real party. they're not guilty going to give an inch. i think we're going to see self inflicted crisis after self-inflicts crisis. it's good for the democrats, but bad for america. >> very bad for america. you look at a web site called days without a gop rape mentioned dot com. that's the name of it. it's inspired by...
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at the g-8, we achieved real progress on tax transparency and aggressive tax avoidance. it's a sad thing. while we were doing that, the party opposite is offering tax avoidance to journalists. they have not paid back the 700,000 pounds they all. let me remind the leader of the labour party what he said. if everybody approaches it like some the company's, we would not have a health service, an education system. yes to put his hand in his pocket give the money back. >> thank you. i wrote to you but have not received a reply. can i ask you now? the standard packaging of cigarettes. yes or no. >> lynton crosby has never lobbied me on anything. the only opinion i am interested destroy the credibility of the labour party. he has expertise. he is not doing as good a job as the party opposite. >> thank you. in that caseister of a newborn baby who has been confirmed as a doctor a private a you wait who died in afghanistan. wade who died in afghanistan. if youd not have arisen kept the dna of the soldiers. are we making any progress on that? is right to stand up for his constituen
at the g-8, we achieved real progress on tax transparency and aggressive tax avoidance. it's a sad thing. while we were doing that, the party opposite is offering tax avoidance to journalists. they have not paid back the 700,000 pounds they all. let me remind the leader of the labour party what he said. if everybody approaches it like some the company's, we would not have a health service, an education system. yes to put his hand in his pocket give the money back. >> thank you. i wrote to...
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of the corporate income tax. i was wondering if you could sort of talk about tax reform a little bit, whether you would be think it would be a good step toward to exchange the cost step for lower effective rates for energy producers. if you could say two words and two sentences what you expect out of tax reform, if anything in the coming year. >> great question. of course, it's very timely in the current dynamic as well. let me state from an industry stand point. our view is we should not be singled out for punitive tax treatment. there have been proposal where they identified in some instances more companies. that said we should change the tax code. it's punitive. it's not good policy at all. it's punitive designed to punish. we think the alternative approach is if we're going to have a corporate tax reform discussion, we're prepared to enter to that discussion, we'll be able the table along with everybody else. it should be a comprehensive reform. we should look at the impact on u.s. companies and their ability
of the corporate income tax. i was wondering if you could sort of talk about tax reform a little bit, whether you would be think it would be a good step toward to exchange the cost step for lower effective rates for energy producers. if you could say two words and two sentences what you expect out of tax reform, if anything in the coming year. >> great question. of course, it's very timely in the current dynamic as well. let me state from an industry stand point. our view is we should not...
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we just raised $300 billion in taxes. >> on the top 1%. >> you raised taxes. go to the fundamentals, chris. i don't care if it's the top 1% or the bottom 50%. >> the top cares. >> i'm sure you do care. you're the top 1%. >> let's not make conjecture part of this show. >> this is the point though. that is an issue for a lot of the republican leaders in the house. >> so the word tax is offensive to them? >> it's not just the word tax. it's the idea we've raised taxes and we haven't gotten cuts in spending. >> ronald reagan put together a tax reform bill that lowered rates and got rid of a lot of loopholes. so since when is tax reform bad? >> it's not bad. the problem is we had a huge cut for ten years that created this spending problem that we are trying to dig out of. we're trying to remember the economic tax cuts in 2001 and 2003 that were supposed to create this fabulous economy. i'll let the people of america judge the efficacy of those tack cuts. you know, michael you talk about everybody stepping through the door at the same time. even as you say republica
we just raised $300 billion in taxes. >> on the top 1%. >> you raised taxes. go to the fundamentals, chris. i don't care if it's the top 1% or the bottom 50%. >> the top cares. >> i'm sure you do care. you're the top 1%. >> let's not make conjecture part of this show. >> this is the point though. that is an issue for a lot of the republican leaders in the house. >> so the word tax is offensive to them? >> it's not just the word tax. it's the idea...
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he was a do it to a windfall tax. i say we need a price freeze, what does the prime minister want to do to recoup that money for the consumer? questionanswer the directly. we need to roll back some of the .reen regulations and charges yes! yes x? we all know who put them in place. >> very overexcited. i want to hear the answer. let's are the prime minister. >> he talks about john major winning elections, and he's right. he bk wheat and incredible labor leader. , and he isalso said absolutely right, was that labor's policy was unworkable and he is absolutely right. what we need to do is recognize their are four pieces to an energy bill. there are the wholesale prices which are beyond our control, there are the costs of transmission and the grid, which are difficult to change, their other prophets of the energy company and there are the green regulations. it is those last two that we need to get to grips with. i can tell the house today that we will be having a proper competition test carried out over the next year to g
he was a do it to a windfall tax. i say we need a price freeze, what does the prime minister want to do to recoup that money for the consumer? questionanswer the directly. we need to roll back some of the .reen regulations and charges yes! yes x? we all know who put them in place. >> very overexcited. i want to hear the answer. let's are the prime minister. >> he talks about john major winning elections, and he's right. he bk wheat and incredible labor leader. , and he isalso said...
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from the expiration of the payroll tax cut and higher tax rates on higher incomes. your meaning 0.25% is from a collection of other factors in the budget. that is the breakdown. that is as precise as we think we could reasonably be. as for the extra half question increase in the agriculture spending, i'm afraid i cannot speak to that directly. i do not know if my colleagues know that off hand. if not we have to get back to you separately. >> two questions. the first, really inside baseball -- in your june report you had debt to gdp at 200% by 2037. my colleague wants to know, based on this current report, it sounds like you have pushed that back to 2040. >> i do not think you can draw that conclusion. your colleague is referring to our long-term budget outlook from last year, which looks at 25 years and some of the on that. we have not updated those long- term projections yet. we will do that later this year. so we do not know how the change in the projections for the first decade will affect the path of debt beyond that. >> how do you factor in things like the frac
from the expiration of the payroll tax cut and higher tax rates on higher incomes. your meaning 0.25% is from a collection of other factors in the budget. that is the breakdown. that is as precise as we think we could reasonably be. as for the extra half question increase in the agriculture spending, i'm afraid i cannot speak to that directly. i do not know if my colleagues know that off hand. if not we have to get back to you separately. >> two questions. the first, really inside...
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threat of middle-class tax hikes to force last-minute dealing. tax increases barely pay for a few days of government spending. of all my years of public service, i have never had constituents asked me to raise their taxes. the problem is not at the american people are taxed too little. it is the fact that the government spends too much. i might be new to washington, but i'm no stranger to making tough traces. i'm honored to serve the people of nebraska. i stand ready to work with the president and my colleagues from both sides of the aisle to tighten watching tod's belt and cut spending. our economy and -- tighetning our nation's belt and cut spending. together we can do this. thank you and god bless the united states of america. >> our guests on "washington journal" is steve clemens and gary schmitt. ruchir sharma will discuss his book "breakout nations." "washington journal" live on c- span. >> this weekend on "
threat of middle-class tax hikes to force last-minute dealing. tax increases barely pay for a few days of government spending. of all my years of public service, i have never had constituents asked me to raise their taxes. the problem is not at the american people are taxed too little. it is the fact that the government spends too much. i might be new to washington, but i'm no stranger to making tough traces. i'm honored to serve the people of nebraska. i stand ready to work with the president...
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two years tax return a couple pay stubs. you have to find alender. >> get ready for the paperwork. >> it takes some time. once you decide who you are going to go with you apply and they pull your credit score and they have three business days to give awe good faith estimate which is going to show you all of the costs involved. this number should come as no surprise for you unless your credit score has taken a hit or home appraisal comes back less. you could need a small loan or it could payoff. >> there are so many choices the length of your mortgage you want a 5 year on a 30 year fixed do you want a floating rate? >> you have to sit down with your lender and talk about the best situation. go back to your original lender did you like them did you mesh with their style. you are going to spend a lot of time with them. you have to make sure everything works. you hurry up and wait. 60 or 90-days to close depending on the situation. your lender is going to go over all of your documentation. they may ask you for additional informa
two years tax return a couple pay stubs. you have to find alender. >> get ready for the paperwork. >> it takes some time. once you decide who you are going to go with you apply and they pull your credit score and they have three business days to give awe good faith estimate which is going to show you all of the costs involved. this number should come as no surprise for you unless your credit score has taken a hit or home appraisal comes back less. you could need a small loan or it...
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it is quite a stiff tax. if it is over a certain amount, you have to pay a tax of 40% of the value of the plan over that threshold. that is a pretty stiff bit e. companies are looking how to reduce the value of their plans. beyond that, maybe the larger factors is the added coverage requirements. they mentioned the aspect of the plan that is best known which is adult children can stay on their parents' plan up to age 26. the cap on lifetime that if it's is removed. that raises costs and so forth. that is why ups mentioned the affordable care act as one of the factors that caused it to exclude working spouses. survey thatte a asked employers how they plan to change their health offerings for employees in light of what is going on with the affordable care act --the current situation on how employers charge their employees. about 20% charge working spouses annexed or 20%. host: is that correct? guest: yeah. this is a trend. this is continuing a reduction of health care coverage that employers have been doing for
it is quite a stiff tax. if it is over a certain amount, you have to pay a tax of 40% of the value of the plan over that threshold. that is a pretty stiff bit e. companies are looking how to reduce the value of their plans. beyond that, maybe the larger factors is the added coverage requirements. they mentioned the aspect of the plan that is best known which is adult children can stay on their parents' plan up to age 26. the cap on lifetime that if it's is removed. that raises costs and so...
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these automatic decline in tax collections and increases in government spending are often supplemented with discretionary fiscal action. tax rate cuts, spending on infrastructure and other goods and services, and extended unemployment benefits. these discretionary fiscal policy actions are typically a plus for growth in the years just after a recession. for example, following the severe 1981,/'82 we session. discretionary fiscal policy contributed an average of one percentage point per year to real gdp growth over the subsequent three years. however, discretionary fiscal policy hasn't been much of a tail wind during this recovery. in the year following the end of the recession, discretionary fiscal policy at the federal, state, and local levels boosted growth at roughly the same pace as in past recoveries. as this slide indicates. but instead of contributing to growth thereafter, discretionary fiscal policy this time actually acted to restrain the recovery. state and local governments were cutting spending, and in some cases raises taxes for much of the period to deal with revenue shor
these automatic decline in tax collections and increases in government spending are often supplemented with discretionary fiscal action. tax rate cuts, spending on infrastructure and other goods and services, and extended unemployment benefits. these discretionary fiscal policy actions are typically a plus for growth in the years just after a recession. for example, following the severe 1981,/'82 we session. discretionary fiscal policy contributed an average of one percentage point per year to...
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the government spends almost 1 million tax dollars a year on nothing. that's later in the grapevine. first, the defense makes a brazen and astounding move in the murder trial of a philadelphia abortion doctor. >>> george w. bush presidential library and museum is the 13th presidential museum in the national archives and records administration. it's the only one with a full scale replica where you can sit behind the desk, answer the phone, take pirs tires. having been in that oval office during the bush years, i can tell you this looks exactly the same down to every detail. coming outside, they're making final preparations for the big day. it's a very rare event on stage to get four form jer presidents altogether. it will happen on thursday. on this side you'll have the carters and clintons. on this side you'll have president bush and mrs. bush. 43. president bush and mrs. bush, 41 and you'll have the current president and mrs. obama. a big day as you look ought over the lectern there will be people from around the world and the country in a packed area.
the government spends almost 1 million tax dollars a year on nothing. that's later in the grapevine. first, the defense makes a brazen and astounding move in the murder trial of a philadelphia abortion doctor. >>> george w. bush presidential library and museum is the 13th presidential museum in the national archives and records administration. it's the only one with a full scale replica where you can sit behind the desk, answer the phone, take pirs tires. having been in that oval...
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we'll give new tax credits to businesses that hire and invest. and we'll work to strengthen families by removing the financial deterrents to marriage for low-income couples and do more to encourage fatherhood. because what makes you a man isn't the ability to conceive a child. it is having the courage to raise one. >> reporter: and the president did ask for the federal minimum wage to be increased to $9 an hour. he did promise to appeal to republicans etch said that none. his proposals would increase the deficit by a dime. however, he did not say exactly how many of these proposals would be paid for. we'll have more throughout the morning. back to you. -- he said that none of his proposals would increase the deficit by a dime. >>> one of the things that the president talked about was sequestration. >> local lawmakers were quick to react with the republicans saying the president was not specific enough. >> i think the president has been prepared, has offered a balanced solution to meet the sequester. i think he reitsated it should not go into effe
we'll give new tax credits to businesses that hire and invest. and we'll work to strengthen families by removing the financial deterrents to marriage for low-income couples and do more to encourage fatherhood. because what makes you a man isn't the ability to conceive a child. it is having the courage to raise one. >> reporter: and the president did ask for the federal minimum wage to be increased to $9 an hour. he did promise to appeal to republicans etch said that none. his proposals...
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if you tackle poverty you have to think about domestic tax is. if you want money for the anti-poverty program you cannot have a situation where corporations like general electric had huge abilities to avoid the tax bill. or were a real companies are dramatically better to have a discussion of the more progressive tax system but it seems to me these that if you proceed emphasis of for sees by it actually has the potential to accentuate. if you focus on bangladesh or india or wherever it might be, why not also focus domestically? it is healthy to say this is a global issue. but there is a level of the necessary poverty that also dates to be discussed because it is the equity issue. >> we will have the of book signings of the last two questions help us out to keep it tight senate can remake it three questions because my brother-in-law has been sitting very patiently. [laughter] >> quick comments i appreciate the is a you bring forth so you can cited because it is digital and i prefer that. [laughter] but the idea is are interesting because my family
if you tackle poverty you have to think about domestic tax is. if you want money for the anti-poverty program you cannot have a situation where corporations like general electric had huge abilities to avoid the tax bill. or were a real companies are dramatically better to have a discussion of the more progressive tax system but it seems to me these that if you proceed emphasis of for sees by it actually has the potential to accentuate. if you focus on bangladesh or india or wherever it might...
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to launch drones or defense and war spending that we have ninety four percent of all federal income tax revenue that means almost every single dollar that you and i and everyone else in this country pay income taxes goes to supporting this massive military empire not education not health care not infrastructure but instead war and in return the billionaire. classes profited immensely with oil and shipping lanes wide open in favorable business deals in foreign markets but within the united states is rotting and this faustine deal is sunsetting we learned last week that the american economy contracted by point one percent in the fourth quarter despite the fact that overall consumption in the economy grew by two point two percent our economy shrank because the war budget shrank by twenty two percent that month and other words when missiles tanks and warplanes aren't being manufactured our economy runs into trouble as president obama said in his super bowl interview with c.b.s. on sunday. overall there were a lot of positive signs in the economy the big problem was defense spending was cut
to launch drones or defense and war spending that we have ninety four percent of all federal income tax revenue that means almost every single dollar that you and i and everyone else in this country pay income taxes goes to supporting this massive military empire not education not health care not infrastructure but instead war and in return the billionaire. classes profited immensely with oil and shipping lanes wide open in favorable business deals in foreign markets but within the united...
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they raised taxes. they voted to raise taxes which was a central plank of republicanism for like my entire life. they raised taxes -- >> for 1%. >> he stripped them to their boxers. >> you are really overdoing this. the republicans gave away the tax increase -- >> they gave it away. they're not going to give on spending. they're like, look, all we've got left is we're for austerity. we want the spending cuts p.m. come what may, we'll do it -- >> chris, i'm told by a lot of democrats on the hill that i saw over the weekend that if the president moves an inch on entitlements, in other words, if he resurfaces that topic, that there is room for a deal here. but right now the president isn't doing that. the president is only emphasizing the tax side of this because he wants, i think, to get cover with his own party -- >> i agree. >> -- for when he comes along with -- >> how do you get the baby back from the kidnappers and get the hostage money for them? that's the -- the whole question is how -- it's a terri
they raised taxes. they voted to raise taxes which was a central plank of republicanism for like my entire life. they raised taxes -- >> for 1%. >> he stripped them to their boxers. >> you are really overdoing this. the republicans gave away the tax increase -- >> they gave it away. they're not going to give on spending. they're like, look, all we've got left is we're for austerity. we want the spending cuts p.m. come what may, we'll do it -- >> chris, i'm told by...